Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861

Decher, Jan, Norris, Ryan W., Abedi-Lartey, Michael, Oppong, James, Hutterer, Rainer, Weinbrenner, Martin, Koch, Martin, Podsiadlowski, Lars & Kilpatrick, C. William, 2021, A survey of small mammals in the Volta Region of Ghana with comments on zoogeography and conservation, Zoosystema 43 (14), pp. 253-281 : 269

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scientific name	Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861
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Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861 View in CoL

Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861: 157 View in CoL .

COMMON NAME. — Hammer-headed Bat.

REMARK

Males of this species were only heard performing their characteristic lek-calling behaviour ( Bradbury 1977) in a nearby mango tree at Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary in August 2001. Hypsignathus monstrosus has been previously recorded in the Volta Region from Odomi Jongo, 2 miles E Nkwanta and Leklebi Agbesia (USNM).

CONSERVATION STATUS. — Hypsignathus monstrosus is listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List.

References

ALLEN H. 1861. - Descriptions of new pteropine bats from Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 157 - 160. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 1683285

BRADBURY J. W. 1977. - Lek mating behavior in the hammerheaded bat. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 45: 225 - 255. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1439 - 0310.1977. tb 02120. x

TEMMINCK C. J. 1853. - Esquisses zoologiques sur la Cote de Guine, Part I, Mammiferes. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 p. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 14835765

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae
Genus	Hypsignathus

Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861

Decher, Jan, Norris, Ryan W., Abedi-Lartey, Michael, Oppong, James, Hutterer, Rainer, Weinbrenner, Martin, Koch, Martin, Podsiadlowski, Lars & Kilpatrick, C. William 2021

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